Sticking to the festive theme, we had another Christmas fair on Saturday. This time it was the 2017 Christmas Bazaar at Beijing City International School’s (BCIS) Main Campus. It was our sixth time hosting this event with BCIS and it did notdisappoint. It was jam-packed with a whopping 70 stalls and over 2,000 attendees in total. […]
CONTINUE READING →At MCF we’ve had a busy couple of weeks making sure that Beijing is ready for the festive period. We started by organising the joint MCF and Riviera Christmas Fayre which was held last Saturday (26th November). MCF and the Riviera are no strangers, and it was in fact our third time holding the Carols […]
CONTINUE READING →We started this month by having a well-deserved brew and a biscuit at British Beijing’s Morning Cuppa event. We were the supported charity, which meant we got to spill the beans on the exciting things we’ve got planned for the future. We’re keeping ourselves extra busy at the moment, as we teach not one, not […]
CONTINUE READING →We’ve been partying our way through the start of September, as we’ve been invited to welcome parties and open evenings for some of our favourite schools and organisations. We visited BSB Sanlitun, and as usual were hugely impressed with the school’s generosity and warmth. We also went to BMAC’s open evening at the Polish embassy […]
CONTINUE READING →It’s been a busy few months here at the Migrant Children’s Foundation (MCF). So busy, in fact, that we’ve not had a chance to fill you in on what we’ve been up to! Now we’ve managed to catch a quiet moment, we’ll give you the lowdown on our activities from the past 6 months… […]
CONTINUE READING →On a sunny winters morning, MCF’s volunteer teachers were up bright and early to make it to the first English teaching Saturday session at MCF for the semester. Whether they were new faces or familiar faces, all teachers soon got into the groove with their students, who were eager to learn as always. During the […]
CONTINUE READING →As part of the MCF ongoing Health Check-Up program, today 25 children were seen by the medical staff of GlobalCare Hospital. This is a second milestone in the program because it sees the finish of all the children of one more school having been given this check-up. As with every other achievement MCF has been […]
CONTINUE READING →This morning, I accompanied Peng Changyu and his parents for an appointment at Tongren Hospital. The purpose of this visit was to determine the extent of his deafness and to establish how well the use of special hearing aids would be beneficial. This was his second visit and the ongoing plan is to continue checking […]
CONTINUE READING →For those who are following the story of Xiaoyun, the young teacher who was diagnosed with level three breast cancer, the good news is the doctors have told her the treatment has been effective. I accompanied her to the Cancer Hospital this morning to ensure that she was well. Her treatment continues until the end […]
CONTINUE READING →Saturday morning started bright and early with a visit to one of the migrant schools MCF supports to meet the cost of educating two migrant children whose families were unable to provide the school fees due to their situation. This is a long term commitment on the part of Migrant Children’s Foundation and this money […]
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